| Location: UT,United States Member Since: Apr 05, 2010 Gender: Male Goal Type: Boston Qualifier Running Accomplishments: "PRIOR PREPRATION PREVENTS PISS POOR PERFORMANCE"
Best running times:
5K - 17:45, Nestle, 2008
10K - 43:34, Des News, 2008
1/2 Marathon - 1:32:50, Provo 1/2, 1999
Full Marathon - 3:21:26, St. George, 1999
Best Boston Marathon: 3:29:57, 2006
I RAN AND COMPLETED MY 12/12/60th BIRTHDAY CHALLENGE. 12 MARATHONS IN 12 MONTHS (FEB 5,2011 - FEB 19, 2012)
ST GEORGE MARATHON(14) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2018, 2019 (14)
THE BOSTON MARATHON(14) 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, (14)
DESERET NEWS MARATHON,(4) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2011 (4)
OGDEN MARATHON(3) 2004, 2005, 2011, 2022 (4)
PARK CITY MARATHON(6) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011
TOP OF UTAH MARATHON(4) 2004, 2005, 2007, 2011.
UTAH VALLEY MARATHON(3) 2010, 2011, 2021.
THE COWTOWN MARATHON(1) 2011
THE HOOVER DAM MARATHON (1) 2011
THE DALLAS WHITE ROCK MARATHON(1) 2011
THE SURF CITY USA MARATHON(2) 2012, 2013
THE LOST DUTCHMAN MARATHON(1) 2012
THE LAYTON MARATHON,(1) 2013
THE MT NEBO MARATHON,(1) 2014
THE ATHENS GREECE AUTHENTIC MARATHON (1), NOV 8, 2015
THE GREEN BAY MARATHON (1), JUNE 22 2016
THE CIM (1), DEC 4, 2016
THE HUNTSVILLE "FULL MONTE" MARATHON (2), 2017 & 2019
64 MARATHONS, From 1998 until 2022 W/ ZERO DNFS
1st Marathon, St. George Marathon, OCTOBER 3, 1998.
64 total Marathons, The Ogden Marathon, May 2022.
169 OVERALL RACES (5Ks, 10Ks, 1/2s, Full Marathons & Tris) SINCE JUNE 4, 1998 UNTIL TODAY. (ZERO-DNF'S)
"PAY ME NOW OR PAY ME LATER" Short-Term Running Goals: RUN A 17:00 5K
RUN A 38:00 10K
RUN A 90:00 1/2 MARY
RUN A SUB 3 HR FULL MARY (I know I will never hit this one, but I will keep on trying)
RUN THE BOSTON MARATHON, AT LEAST ONE MORE TIME IN 2022!
"THERE WILL BE DAYS THAT I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN RUN A MARATHON, BUT THERE WILL ALSO BE A LIFE TIME KNOWING THAT I HAVE!" Long-Term Running Goals:
2021 RUNNING RACE SCHEDULE: (STILL SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
1. UTAH VALLEY MARATHON, (3rd plc AD) 5 JUNE '21
2. UTAH VALLEY 5k, (1st plc AD), JUNE 2021
3. SANDY CITY 4th of JULY CLASSIC 5K, (3rd plcAD), 3 JULY '21
4. UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HOMECOMING 5K, U5K, (1st plc AD) 9/18/'21
5. SANDY CITY TURKEY TROT & VETERANS DAY 5K, (1st plc AD), 11/13/'21
6. Midnight Madness 5K, 12/31/2021, (1st plc AD)
2022 race schedule:
1. The Ogden Marathon, May 21,'22, 5th in Age Division
2. Sandy City 4th of July 5k, (29:37) (Age Div 1st plc)
3. Sandy City Balloon Fest 5k, (30:51) ( 1st plc Age Div)
GOALS.....My goal is to be an Age Division Winner and a Boston Marathon Qualifer & Participant as long as I can run this short, fat, tired old man body down the road!!! This gettin' old crap isn't for the weak of heart, mind, body or spirit!
Personal:
"IMPROVISE, ADAPT & OVERCOME"
I'm still alive after all these years, All "71 yrs" of them and I'm continuing to live my dreams and I'm doing it my way! Retired Former State of Utah Police Criminal Investigator & United States ARMY O&I Sergeant! Favorite Blogs: |
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| AB2 Miles: 108.50 | AI 2.0 B Miles: 76.35 | AIG Miles: 450.00 | AB1 Miles: 102.83 | AI2.3 Miles: 70.50 | Newton Distance S Miles: 8.00 | AIG4 Miles: 491.93 | AIGB Miles: 143.20 |
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| | 4 mi on the DDMR. sunny at 24 degrees with clear skies and little or no wind. Went out and started the New Year off with a nice easy run......
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| | 5 mi on the DDMR this morning. 22 degrees, no wind, mostly clear roads.
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| | 5 mi on the DDMR W/Missie, cold, dark and clear. 19 degrees.
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| | 5 mi on the DDMR, 24 degrees, cold and clear. & a Packers win too boot!
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| | running rest day & a W/O.
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| | 5 mi on the PRT, 27 degrees, lt wind, lt snow, overcast skies. W/O
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| | 5 mi on the DDMR, lt snow, lt wind, wet roads, 29 degrees.....
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| | 6 msi on the DDMR, Semi warm 42 degrees, sunshine, lite wind....
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| | 3 mi on this cold rainy day on the short cut loop.
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| | 3 mi @ 4:am, 30 degrees, cold, clear with lots of black ice on the roads...
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| | life got in the way so I took a rest day.
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| | life got in the way so I took a rest day.
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| | life got in the way so I took a rest day.
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| | 3 miles around the small block, 40 degrees, overcast sky, light wind, 47% humidity and then a weight room workout.......tyi
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| | 30 min x- trainer aerobic rider and 3 miles on the short loop.
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| Newton Distance S Miles: 3.00 |
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| | 6 mi on the DDMR W/Missie, 22 degrees, clear skies, mostly clear roads.....great run.
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| | 5 mi on the DDMR W/Missie, 16 degrees, clear skies and cold with 79% humidity.
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| | 5.3 mi on the DDMR @3:30am W/Missie. 25 degrees clear and cold and peaceful
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| | rest day - too cold to go out!
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| | 5 mi on the DDMR W/Missie, 20 degrees, clear and cold
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| | 3 mi on the Draper Short Loop (DSL)
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| | 8 mi on the DDMR. 35 degrees, cool and clear
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| | 6 mi on the DDMR, W/Missie, 26 degrees, fog and smog, wet roads
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| | 5 mi easy
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| Newton Distance S Miles: 5.00 |
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| | cross training - w/o - etc
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| | 5 mi on the DDMR w/Missie, 35 degrees, clear, cool and quiet....
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| | 5 mi on DDMR W/Missie, 38 degrees, cool, calm and quiet. OK, I'm all signed up for the Cellcom Green Bay Marathon on May 22, 2016...now it's really get serious time!
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| | three miles at the SugarHouse Park this am w/Jennifer.....
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| | three mi on the short loop
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| | 11 mi on the DDMR, 55 degrees, pt cloudy, lite breeze......nice run.
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| | 6 mi on the DDMR @ 3:30am W/Missie. Cold, dark & humid....28 degrees. Great recovery run from sunday.
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| | 5 mi w/Missie on the DDMR 3:30 am
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| | 3 mi on the Draper short loop, h & s trng
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| | LSDR, 10 mi up DDMR & down Wasatch home.....
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| | 6 MI ON THE DDMR W/MISSIE.....
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| | 6 MI ON THE DDMR W/O MISSIE, 50 DEGREES @ 3:30AM, CLEAR, DARK AND MOST PEACEFUL!
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| | rest day just because....
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| | 6 tempo mi on the DDMR W/Missie, 45F, 52%H, no wind, cool, dark and quiet. 2 mi/@MP. 76 days left till I get to do the Lambeau Leap........Yea!
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| | 13 mi up DDMR And down Wasatch and a bit further.....56f, light breeze, on a cloudy day. I opted to do my lad run this day so I could go to the CCR concert and have a really easy day Sunday ......
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| | 6 mi on the hills of the DDMR W/Missie @ 3:30am. Cool, dark and quiet! Nice hill run as usual!
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| | 8 mi on the DDMR @ 3:30am
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| | 6 mi on the DDMR w/3mi @ MP. 66 days till Green Bay.
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| | 4 easy mi on 13th / 17th east loop. No wind, 50 •, mostly sunny.
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| | 14 miles on the DDMR to Wasatch & home. 51 to 62* under partly cloudy skies with light northerly breeze. Nice slow long distance run
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| | Running rest day with W/O.
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| | 4 mi at 3:30am, 32*, light breeze, cold, dark and wintery quiet. nice recovery run.
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| | 6 miles on the DDMR @ 3:30am W/Missie. Rained and snowed yesterday evening so the road was wet this am. 30*, no wind, dark and quiet. Should have gone 8 but I got lazy.
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| | 6 mi on the DDMR W/Missie, @3:30am. 38*, cool, dark and cathartic......63 days till Titletown!!!
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| | 16 mi on the DDMR/Wasatch, got up to 60* really fast, no wind, and no shade under full sunshine
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| | 5 mi on the DDMR / graveyard route w/Missie @ 3:30am. 52*, dark & windy...
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| | rain, snow and cold weather rest day
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| | 6 mi on the DDMR W/Missie, 37*, cool dark and quiet.....I think I only saw one care on the entire run this 3:30am.
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| | 6 mi on the DDMR for an easy run....
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| | 14 mi on the Porter Rockwell Trail @10:am under race like conditions. 45*, partly sunny, lite breeze on a rolly polly course. 53 days till Green Bay!!!!
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| | 4 mi on the short draper loop
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| | 7 mi on the DDMR W/Missie
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| | 4.5 mi on the grave yard run
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| | 18 mi on the DDMR for two round trips. This stuff is brutal on a beat up old guy!
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| | 4 easy miles on the DDMR.
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| | 6 mi on the DDMR @3:30am W/Missie----36*, cool, calm and quiet......43 days till the Lambeau Leap, Yahooooo
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| | 7 mi on the DDMR W/Missie, 40 degrees, dark and quiet @3:30a.. Love those morning runs!
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| | three easy miles today.........nothin' special, 40 days till GB!
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| | 20 miles today on the DDMR & PRT. Started at 50* and ended at 60*. It was windy with gusts up to about 40 mph and partly cloudy......39 days till GBM.
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| | 5 mi on the DDMR W/Missie @ 3:30am, 52*, no wind, dark, cool and lots of super bright stars for my recovery run. 38 days till GBM.
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| | 6 mi on the ddmr w/missie, 3;30am, 48*, light breeze. 37 days till show time.
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| | 8 MI ON THE DDMR @ 3:30AM, 54 DEGREES, VERY SLIGHT BREEZE, ETC, ETC, ETC....
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| | 9 mi on the DDMR. wet roads, 40 degrees, overcast skies, 4 mph breeze....
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| | 20.3 mi on the DDMR and PRT this fine day. 45* at start 55* at the end. No wind to speak of under sunny skies. 34 days till Green Bay and my leap!
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| | 6 mi on the DDMR W/Missie. 48*, no wind, no sun, just lots of run.....
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| | 6 mi on the DDMR W/Missie. 50*, cool and dark. Nice morning run.32 days till showtime.
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| | Afternoon 8 mi on the DDMR. 72*, windy, humid
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| | 4 easy miles in the hood...wind, rain and cooler weather....
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| | 15 miles on the DDMR and PRT.......
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| | 3 easy recovery miles this 3:30am
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| | 5 mi around the south end of 13th to 17th. Cut it short because of cold wind and rain this am.
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| | 5 mi in the rain and cold wind.....
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| | 4 easy miles around the hood
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| | 22 miles doing my DDMR to Wasatch and home X 2 ! Start temp, 48*, end temp 62. Nice partly cloudy light breeze running day!!!!
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| | taper time begins - rest day
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| | 6 mi on the DDMR, W/Missie, 46*, lt breeze, cool, dark and quiet...
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| | 11 mi out of a planned 16 miler. It was just too wet, cold and windy to get that last 5 mi in.
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| | 5 mi on -3th east. 55*, sunny with a little breeze
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| | 5 mi on 17 & 13th east. @ 3:30am. 46*, and a little bit breezy
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| | 6 mi on the DDMR @3:30a.....
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| | 6 mi on the DDMR w/Missie, zero dark thirty am.....
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| | three mi on the short route this am.......8 days till GB & the Lambeau Leap........Yo!
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| | 8 mi on the DDMR mid morning in a rain storm. 53*, 97% humidity. Last long run .
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| | three easy miles this am.....GB next Sunday!
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| | 3 mile shake down jog this morning. Now it's time to get myself to Green Bay......chow boing.
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Green Bay Marathon (26.2 Miles) 04:23:45, Place overall: 693, Place in age division: 5 | | the Green Bay Marathon............did it.... 4:23:45 I had a great time running this race.
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Nestle 5k (3.107 Miles) 00:23:43, Place overall: 227, Place in age division: 1 | | It was a wonderful day at the Springville Art City Days Nestle 5k ! This was my 16th time to run in the Nestle 5k and the organization of this race just keeps getting better and better. I can't wait to sign up and run in 2017 when I'll be a little older and most likely a little slower, or maybe a little faster! I managed to do the 5k in 26:43 and clinched 1st place in my 65 to 69 Age Division.....Yahoo!
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| | Out doing some POST training with a new cadet.....
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| | 5 am miles W/Missie on the DDMR
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| | 2 mi on the So Jordan Parkway with Jenniffer & Sel training for POST.
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| | 2 mi on the So Jordan Parkway with my cadets...
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| | 2 mi on the SJ PKY with my cadets
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| | 5 am mi on the DDMR W/Missie. I've decided to do the CIM in December for my 56th marathon!
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| | 2 mi on the SJ Pky with my POST Cadets....
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| | 6 mi on the DDMR this morning......time to get ready for #56......
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| | 6 mi on the DDMR w/Missie, zero dark thirty am.
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| | 6 mi on the DDMR w/Missie @ zero dark thirty am
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| | just a good ol' rest day...
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| | 5 mi on the PRT this am....
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| | 2 mi on the SJP W/ Sel;.....
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| | 6 mi on the DDMR W/Missie @ zero dark thirty....
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| | 2 mi with Jen & Sel at SHP.......
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| | 6 mi on the DDMR this mid morning......nothing fancy just a run sans the garmin.
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| | 4 mi easy morning run on the Big Loop. Just a warm up getting ready for the Sandy 4th of July 5K....
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Sandy Classic 5K (3.107 Miles) 00:26:30, Place overall: 100, Place in age division: 3 | | I like this little home town race, and it is my Home Town! I didn't get a 1st place finish but I did manage to grab a 3rd place while I improved my time from a month ago at the Nestle 5K. The conditions kinda sucked.....78 degree at the start with gusting wind both ways. They changed the course this year and this version has several hills on it from start to finish.....oh well, I got the shirt and medal, Game over.
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| | 6 mi on the DDMR @5:30am. 76 degrees, windy, and I got done about the same time the sun came up over the mountains to the east.
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| | 7.2 mi on the DDMR. 78 degrees, no wind, clear and sunny skies........
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| | 5 mi on the DDMR W/Missie @ 3:30am, 52*, 20% humidity, cool, dark and quiet...
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| | 6 mi on the DDMR W/Missie...54 degrees, 15% humidity, no wind, cool, dark and quiet
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| | 3 mi on post course w/Jen
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| | 7 mi on the DDMR at 8am, 60*, cloudy no wind, sun was just coming out as I finished
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| | 8 mi on the DDMR at about 5:30am, then into the gym for strength and stretching
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| | 5.5 on the DDMR W/Missie @3:30am. It was a hot windy morning in the dark. 82* degrees and a fierce head wind returning home....Uck! Training goes on....
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| | 6 mi on the DDMR W/Missie @ 0 dark 30....
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| | called off my run this am early with 4 mi, it was 80+ degrees and way to much hot wind......
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| | 8 mi on the DDMR this morning
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| | 3 mi warm up & a great W/O......
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| | 5 mi @ 3:30am W/Missie....
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| | 5 mi on the DDMR W/Missie,@3:30am, 66*, zero wind, 16% humidity. PM W/O
Chasing Tail 4mi Run - Sept 24, 2016 - 53 days away.
CIM - Dec 4, 2016 - 124 days away
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| | 5 mi run shortened to 3mi run this am because of fire / smoke in the area.
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| | 8 mi on the DDMR this 5:am. 68*, slight wind, low humidity.
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| | 3 mi on the short course and a super W/O on the weights this am...
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| | 5.5 am miles & pm w/o.....
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| | 6 mi this early am and a W/O this pm.....
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| | 8.5 mi up & down Little Cottonwood Canyon, where the runelevated half marathon is to be held on Aug 27, 2016.
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| | training rest day - somedays you just need a break....
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| | 5 mi @ 3:30am on 13th & 17th east loop.
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| | 5.6 mi on the DDMR @ 3:30am W/Missie.
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| | 6 mi on the DDMR @ 3:30am w/Missie. It was a bit warmer this morning but the stars and moon were big and bright....
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| | 6 MI ON THE DDMR @ 3:30A W/MISSIE.............
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| | 8 mi down little cottonwood canyon on the Run Elevated 1/2 Marathon course.
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| | 3 mi recovery run on the short course
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| | 3 MI EASY KEEP THE RUST OF RUN....
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| | 2 EASY MILES - RACE DAY SATURDAY....
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| | Resting for tomorrows 1/2 Mary, "Run Elevated", down Little Cottonwood Canyon, start elevation 8760' ....
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Run Elevated Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:49:54, Place overall: 8, Place in age division: 1 | | I really enjoyed running the run elevated half marathon. It was kind a like running my regular workout training runs in my own neighborhood. Actually part of the course for the half marathon was on the Dimple Dell and in the area of a little cottonwood where I do run. The half marathon started at Alta ski resort and then ran down Little Cottonwood Canyon and it ended up at the Alta Canyon sports center. I took on this half marathon is a training run for me as I'm getting ready for the CIM marathon in Sacramento California and I also help train a guy that want to run his first half marathon.
The marathon started at 6:30 AM and it was 39° at the top of the mountain, which started right on time. I started the race thinking that I would just have a nice easy training run, but once I got going I felt pretty good about myself, my training thus far and the recovery I've made in my total body health, I decided to open up and make this 1/2 marathon more of a competitive situation. I ran the first three miles of the race with "Troy" telling him that he should take it easy for his very first 1/2 marathon, and his longest distance he's ever run before. So at the three mile mark I started running my own race to the finish line. The race began at the elevation of 8760' and dropped 3800' to the finish line at the Alta Sports Center in Sandy, which is the City I live in. I guess I could have just run home after I finished the race!
The percentage of grade on the road was pretty wicked on the down hill with really only one small section of super difficult up hill running that was on the top of the "DDMR", Dimple Dell Mountain Road, that's what I call Dimple Dell Road, where I usually train. Anyway, this section is at about 10 miles into the race and a whole lot of down the mountain side running. The rest of the race was still down hill racing except right at finish like when it was kinda flat in the sports center parking lot.
I managed to keep up a pretty steady pace of about 8 minute miles and finish in 109 minutes, so that turned out to be about 8:23 minutes per mile. This was good enough to net me a First place medal in my old man age division (65-69) and an overall place of 68th. My friend "Troy" came in at 2 hours and a minute and was very happy with his first 1/2 marathon. He was really excited when he found out he took 2nd place in his age division!!! The direction and orginazation of this 1/2 Mary was very good. Everything was where it was supposed to be when it was supposed to be there. I'd consider doing this 1/2 again sometime, for now it's time to get ready for CIM in December in California.
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| | two mile recovery run this am. That down hill running really takes a toll on your legs!!!!
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| Run Elevated Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:49:54, Place overall: 8, Place in age division: 1 |
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I really enjoyed running the run elevated half marathon. It was kind a like running my regular workout training runs in my own neighborhood. Actually part of the course for the half marathon was on the Dimple Dell and in the area of a little cottonwood where I do run. The half marathon started at Alta ski resort and then ran down Little Cottonwood Canyon and it ended up at the Alta Canyon sports center. I took on this half marathon is a training run for me as I'm getting ready for the CIM marathon in Sacramento California and I also help train a guy that want to run his first half marathon.
The marathon started at 6:30 AM and it was 39° at the top of the mountain, which started right on time. I started the race thinking that I would just have a nice easy training run, but once I got going I felt pretty good about myself, my training thus far and the recovery I've made in my total body health, I decided to open up and make this 1/2 marathon more of a competitive situation. I ran the first three miles of the race with "Troy" telling him that he should take it easy for his very first 1/2 marathon, and his longest distance he's ever run before. So at the three mile mark I started running my own race to the finish line. The race began at the elevation of 8760' and dropped 3800' to the finish line at the Alta Sports Center in Sandy, which is the City I live in. I guess I could have just run home after I finished the race!
The percentage of grade on the road was pretty wicked on the down hill with really only one small section of super difficult up hill running that was on the top of the "DDMR", Dimple Dell Mountain Road, that's what I call Dimple Dell Road, where I usually train. Anyway, this section is at about 10 miles into the race and a whole lot of down the mountain side running. The rest of the race was still down hill racing except right at finish like when it was kinda flat in the sports center parking lot.
I managed to keep up a pretty steady pace of about 8 minute miles and finish in 109 minutes, so that turned out to be about 8:23 minutes per mile. This was good enough to net me a First place medal in my old man age division (65-69) and an overall place of 68th. My friend "Troy" came in at 2 hours and a minute and was very happy with his first 1/2 marathon. He was really excited when he found out he took 2nd place in his age division!!! The direction and orginazation of this 1/2 Mary was very good. Everything was where it was supposed to be when it was supposed to be there. I'd consider doing this 1/2 again sometime, for now it's time to get ready for CIM in December in California.
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| | 6 easy miles this am on the PRT. Easy run prep for 16 miler tomorrow
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| | 14 miles on the DDMR and in the hood. Life is good and 84 days till CIM.
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| | 6 mi on the DDMR @ 3:30am W/Missie
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| | 5.5 mi run to end up the week. It was a somewhat busy week so I didn't get in all my scheduled miles. Oh well, theres next week..........
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| | 16.5 mi this am. Nice run in the still, cool morning air. 52*, no wind and lots of open road. 77 days till CIM....
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| | 3 mi this morning at an easy recovery run pace.....
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| | rest day, when I got up ar 3:10am I quickly decided that I wanted to sleep in till 5....so I did !
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| | 6 mi on the Dimple Dell Mountain Road @ 3:30am w/Missie. @ 68* with a little wind one way. (hill & speed training)
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| | rain day off for running, unless I do it after work today....
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Chasing Tail 4 miler (4 Miles) 00:40:12, Place overall: 79, Place in age division: 1 | | Went out today and ran The Chasing Tail 4 miler. It was a really fun, fun run. It was a First annual run for the Squatters Brew Pub. It was a rainy and cool morning (about 45* at the start) for the run but who cared, it was fun. 1st place in my old man 65 -69 age division and I was still only the second oldest guy there. The next oldest was a spry 92 years old....Believe it or not, Old 92 wasn't even the last runner in!!!!
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| | 13 mi long run trainer today. 50* degree start guys! But it did warm up to about 64* degrees by the end of the run. 69 days and a wakeup till CIM...
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| | 6 mi on the DDMR W/Missie @ 3:30am
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| | 8 miles on the DDMR this am.
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| | 5 miles on the short loop this am, 52*, a little breeze (always behind me) and nobody driving on my streets
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| | 6 miles on the not so special 13th to 17th east course. @60*, light winds, and lots of oncoming traffic to play in. 63 days till CIM.
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| | 18 miles on the 13th East 6 mile loop X 3. @62* to start with a gentle wind behind me running to the north. I got out at 5:am to beat the full sunrise. 63 days till CIM and a bunch more miles to train...
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| | three easy recovery miles at 3:30am and a workout.....
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| | 6 mi on the DDMR W/Missie, 3:30am, 40*, clear and cool
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| | 8 mi on the DDMR W/Missie @3:30am, 43*, cool, dark & no stinking cars ...
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| | am workout, with sick day off from running.
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| | 6 mi on the DDMR all by my lonesome......
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| | 8 mi on the DDMR (Dimple Dell Mountain Road) this am. 46*, cool, calm and very little traffic/light w/o after my run. 53 wakeups till CIM. anybody else out there on the Fast Running Blog doing this California marathon before it breaks off and and slips into the sea?
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| | 7.3 mi on the DDMR this am. 50*, lite breeze, plenty of traffic......50 days till CIM.
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| | 14 mi on the DDMR to Wasatch back home. 54* at the start, 60* at the end. Lt. breeze most of the run under cloudy skies that were threatening to rain on me! 49 days till showtime.
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| | 6 mi on the DDMR w/Missie @3:30am.38*, no breeze, cool dark and quiet.....
pm WORKOUT.
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| | 8 mi on the DDMR, 3:30am....
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| | 6 mi on the DDMR, 34*, dark, cool w/Missie......@3:30am
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| | 5 mi on the big block @noon today. 60*, lt breeze, partly cloudy.
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| | 6 mi on the DDMR this am. 52*, 51% humidity, cool, dark and no breeze. This was a nice end of the week run bumping me to about 44 miles of some pretty good training. Looks like I've got about 43 days till the CIM, and I'm excited.
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| | 20 mi on the DDMR to Wasatch and home, twice. 60*, semi cool, dark and quiet......sunday mornings are always quiet.......
Today is the beginning of my 6 week count down to the (42 day) CIM!
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| | I DECIDED TO TAKE A DAY OFF FROM RUNNING. I WILL CATCH A WEIGHT RESISTANCE W/O TONIGHT.
41 DAYS TILL SHOWTIME
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| | 6 mi on the big block, 56*, windy, cool and dark. am sit/crunch/push. 40 days till CIM
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| | 8 mi @ 3:30am in the windy streets.....
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| | took the morning off, I will get in a 6 this evening
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| | 10 mi on the DDMR, afternoon run at about 71 degrees, Uck!
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| | 5 miles on the big block, @9:30am, 60*, lite wind. Then a trip to the weight room for a W/O.
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| | 20 mi on the DDMR and The Big Block, 62 *, 38% humidity, and very windy (30 mph +) 35 days till CIM..........
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| | AM W/O - depending upon the weather maybe a 3 mile run tonight
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| | 7 mi on the DDMR W/Missie, @3:30am, 45*, no wind, no rain, no cars......33 days till the next challenge.
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| | 6 mi on the DDMR, 38*, cool dark and peaceful......
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| | resistance W/O.......running rest.
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| | 10 mi on the DDMR at noon...
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| | 5 mi on the big block, 8am, 48*, lite breez, 45% humidity and a resistance w/o.
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| | 15 mi on the hard DDMR course. 10 am start at 48* and ended at 73*, Next sunday will be the last 22 miler before a three week taper..
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| | Morning W/O. Maybe a 3 mi easy recovery run this afternoon. CIM!
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| | 7 mi on the DDMR.........time is short, it's almost CIM Time.
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| | no run this morning, guess I stayed up too late last night and this morning witnessing the greatest election of my life! I will try to catch a 10 miler this evening!
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| | 7.5 tempo miles on the DDMR this afternoon. avg pace 8.30. 23 days left till CIM...
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| | nice easy 6 mi run this am, getting warmed up for a 22 miler for my Sunday long run and then it's taper time! Trying to run the conditions out there like I will find at CIM, time, temp and course etc.
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| | 22 miles all over the place this am. Got out at 5:am, 38*, 48% humidity, no wind, cool dark and really quiet. At any rate this long slow run is in the bank, it's 21 days till showtime at CIM and today is the first day of a three week taper......chow Boing !!!
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| | 3 mi this am. 47*, humidity 56%, no wind, Nice recovery run for yesterdays 22 miler. Everything is feelin' pretty good. 20 days till CIM.
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| | 5 mi on the DDMR Ww/Missie. 52*, 10 -15 mph gusts of wind, warm, dark and whatever. 18 days till the real long run!
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| | It was really windy this morning so I slept in and took a break.....................chow boing!
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| | three mi on the little block, 31*, 10mph wind, snow flying....cold - dark and beautiful! 17 days and it's all done but the crying...........
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| | Out running the Big Block this morning for 6.5 mi., @50*, lite breeze, with sunny clear skies....15 days till CIM.
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| | 14 miles on the 14 day before I participate in the CIM with a bunch of other like minded people!14 miles out on the DDMR and the small block twice.
start temp 58, end temp 62. cloudy sky with 28% humidity, and 15 to 30 mph winds. Luckly the wind was only in my face about half the time. Average altitude for the run today, 5000'.
Life is good starting my second week of taper and I can hardly wait till my last week of taper!
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| | 6 mi on the big block this am. 39*, wet roads, cool, dark and quiet.12 days till CIM.
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| | Happy Thanksgiving to you all ! 6 mi on the DDMR this am.
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| | 6 mi on the big block. Sure glad I didn't over eat on Turkey Day, it was tough enough running through what I did eat......
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| | 5 mi @3:30am, 31*, cool, dark and snowing!!!!!
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| | 5 MI ON THE BIG BLOCK, 28*, LIGHT BREEZE, A LITTLE SNOW ON THE FLY, COLD AND DARK.......
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| | 5 MI ON THE BIG BLOCK, 26*, COLD DARK AND WINDLESS......cim is Sunday...
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| | That's it, the only running I have left till Sunday is to get thru security at the airport and get my fat tired old man body to CIM.......chow-boing!
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California International Marathon (26.2 Miles) 04:09:54, Place overall: 3047, Place in age division: 21 | | CIM - 4:09:54 - 12/4/2016
I'm not sure where to start this late race report, so I'll just jump in by saying that the CIM was a super fine well oiled marathon with nothing but the best organization going and the weather was nearly perfect the entire race. Everything the race directors did was to make the CIM the most friendly race ever for all the participants, be they the marathoners, half marathoners or relay runners...
My race day started at about 3:30am getting my stuff on and getting over to the motel's runners breakfast. It was about 42* outside and foggy. Then it was a quick block walk to a bus stop pickup where we were whisked off to Folsom where the race starts. Upon arrival it was announced that there were over 300 Blue Temples of Doom available for the runners last minute race preparations!Which pretty much meant little or no wait time to get in and get business done. The starting line was set up across a large four lane highway by a big mall in Folsom. It was lit up as bright as daylight which made finding my 4 hour pace group which was lined up to the right of the main group of runners. I had decided to do the pacer group because I didn't want to blow my whole marathon by going out to fast. At the starting line I met a couple of runners that actually lived in the general area and started a little support group within the pacer group. Just like clock work the race started at 7:am right after the National Anthem.
I really liked the start with the pacers, I didn't take off like a slobbering dog looking for a car to chase. I stayed very controlled and started a conversation with my little group of new friends encouraging them to be very deliberate with their running strategy and we would all make it to the end and accomplish our goals. My goal was to finish this marathon and with any luck finish with a "BQ" time.
So now the race is on and the miles just started to roll bye and I mean they just rolled bye. There were no hills on this course. It was just a series or rollers from the start to the finish which was a net loss of 340 feet in elevation by the end of the marathon. It seemed to me that I was running down the main road through one big neighborhood subdivision from the start to the finish line where the marathon ended right in front of the California State Capitol Building in Sacramento.
The fan support along the route was sparse at best until you got close to the finish line. This was a very focused marathon from the get go. Like they said at the start, most of the runners at the CIM this day were there to take advantage of the net elevation loss to run the fastest marathon in the west to a "BQ"! It seems to me that at the finish line it was announced that 29% of this days field of runners in the marathon actually "BQ'ed" this day and that CIM produces more "BQ" runners to the Boston Marathon than any other marathon.
Oh well, Like I said the miles clicked of fairly uneventful with me keeping a very steady pace of about 9:05 mpm until I got out to about mile 18 or 19 where I started giving up more and more seconds per mile. By the time I had gotten to mile 20 I had lost my running friends and fallen back from the pacer group. I kept trying to keep up with the pace group but started to fall back a little bit each mile. I watched my time very very carefully and calculated exactly what I need to get over the finish line with a "BQ" and knuckled down and forced myself to keep moving my feet forward to the finish.
As I came around he corner after going through a false finish line arch I saw the real finish line arch and took a look at my Garmin that was showing me that I was approaching 4:10:XX, I dug down deeper and pushed as hard as I could and made it over the finish line with the finish line clock showing exactly 4:12:00. I felt a bit defeated at this point in time as I needed a 4:10:00 to get my "BQ" this day. At the end of the run it was 57* and there was no wind.
I immediately started looking for the results table to asses the damage I had done to myself. After hunting all over the place and not finding the results table, I gave up and decided to just go have a beer at the beer tent and head off the the motel. As I got into the beer tent area I realized that the beer being served was a Fake beer, it didn't have any alcohol in it. How disgusting was that, I thought. So I took my fake beer and decided to take it with me on my walk back to my motel room. As I was leaving the beer tent area I was stopped by security and informed that I couldn't leave the area with a beer. I immediately stated that this beer was non-alcoholic and what law prohibited me from leaving the area with a fake beer. The poor security guard didn't know, so I walked over to the nearest trash receptacle and deposited my free fake beer in it and left the area....still not knowing what my official time was.
As I made my way over the .9 miles to my room I couldn't wait to get back to get on line and check my time. Just as I got in my room and got my phone powered up I got a text from Hillbilly Runner who congratulated me on getting a "BQ". I thanked him and then asked what was my time, 'cause I didn't know. Well that little bit of return information surly made my day and trip to The CIM worth it but then set my head spinning when I realized that I had only made my goal of a "BQ" by 6 seconds........ All in all, I would recommend running the CIM for any reason, except the fake beer.
So that's my CIM race report and I'm sticking to it............
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| | Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all, and to all a good and safe night !
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